Always a Line

I don't know what has come over me this past week, but I am finding it difficult to get pissed at anything and I have not really gotten annoyed at much.  Sure I will still yell out my car window at the idiot Florida drivers, and will continue to ram my shopping cart at the dumb ass people that insist on talking and leaving their carts in the middle of a supermarket, and I will bitch to myself when a waiter doesn't pay attention when your ordering, but does manage to come by the table every 8 seconds after they bring the food to ask you if everything is OK ? Whew, but otherwise I am just as relaxed as a volcano waiting to explode.
      I am even planning a trip to LA to see family and that is always great for several reasons.  First and foremost, I get to see the people I love most in life, and second I get to eat at the Pantry.  Ah, now for some fun facts, and some information about probably the best breakfast place in the USA.

     I have been going to the Pantry forever.  As a kid traveling to LA for my first job, when I lived in LA for a while, When I had my business and traveled to the west coast and so on.  Now I get to eat there when I visit the DMK clan.  What makes the Pantry so great ????
    That is really a good question and I will try to answer that, even if it sounds a little lame.  The food is just great and the portions are really plentiful.  Told you it was lame..... Here is the real scoop.  The Pantry is on 8th and Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles. It was opened in 1924, has never been closed, and is said it has never been without a customer., There is only a seating capacity of 84 which includes counter space. No matter what time you arrive in the morning,  you can expect to stand outside on a fast moving line that sometimes seems endless.  The furnishings there have not been changed for decades, and some of the staff the same, as I will soon explain.  It looks like it is right out of the 30's with waiters wearing white aprons and lots of yelling going on. Food is plopped down with the portions almost falling off the plates.  There is a small caged in cashier when leaving that you probably have never seen before.  I can picture Al Capone and his crew eating there.  It is really like the past in a modern day city.
      I am going to give you some real facts now, out of their little brochure. 2 employees have been there 40 to 55 years.  Twelve have been there 20 to 40 years. Twenty-four have been there 5 to 20 years.  These 38 employees have completed a total of 755 years working at the Pantry...
     I love their sourdough french bread and am amazed that 58 tons are served yearly. 3,000 hogs are required to supply the pork used at the Pantry annually.........2,400 eggs are used ever 24 hours.....Yes, that is every 24 hours. Over the course of a year (1 year), the Pantry will use the following.....50 tons of vegetables, 16 tons of fruit, 15 tons of sugar, 364 tons of potatoes, 188 tons of ice,  20 head of cattle are needed to supply the daily servings of steak.....Yup....daily.  There is lots more, but you get the idea and now realize what a great, cool place this is.......And if you do go there, be prepared to have cash as they do not take credit cards...........But the prices are really good..........

      Did I mention the Pantry is also opened for lunch and dinner, but I guess never closing you can have anything at anytime.  Shit I really am getting hungry now and miss the kids more.  So if your ever in LA, and those living there that have not yet been there....................get your ass down there for a great meal.  Ask yourself this........When was the last time you went to a restaurant that doesn't have a lock on the door ???????  Only if you have been in the Pantry ... Take my word on this place. And that my friends is NO CRaP.